Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show – The Wonderful Soup Stone (Guitar)

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(Shel Silverstein) Dr. Hook: Belly Up! little riff after intro, capo on 6 fret: slide b from 7 to 9 while at the same time sliding e from 9 to 11 then after that pick g at 9 and b at 12 (it's as close as I could get it). After this follow the chords normally with single strokes and some picking. Intro

  F                         C
I swear you could taste the chicken and tomatoes

        F                     C
And the noodles and the marrowbone

       F                              C
But it really wasn't nothing but some water and potatoes

        G                    C
And the wonderful, wonderful soupstone

First Verse

C                           F      C                    G         C
Hanging from a string in my mama's kitchen, back in the hard time days

C                                F          C             D
Was a little ol' stone 'bout the size of an apple, it was smooth and worn

D   G
and grey

G     C                      F      C                    G          C
There wasn't much food in my mama's kitchen, so whenever things got tight

C    F                   C                          D
Mama boiled up some water, put in the stone and said "Let's have some soup

       G
tonight"

Chorus

G     F                         C
And I swear you could taste the chicken and tomatoes

C       F                     C
And the noodles and the marrowbone

C      F                              C
But it really wasn't nothing but some water and potatoes

        G                    C
And the wonderful, wonderful soupstone

(do the intro riff again) Third Verse

C                               F           C
It had been in the family for a whole lotta years, so we knew it was a

G               C
nourishing thing

C                           F                 C          D
And I remember mama, as she stirred it in the water, and we could all hear

D   G
her sing

G      C                    F          C                          G
"Its a magical stone and as long as we got it, we'll never have a hungry

C
night

C    F                        C                       D
Just add a little love to the wonderful soupstone and everything will be

D G
alright"

Chorus

F                               C
And I swear you could taste the chicken and tomatoes

F                             C
And the noodles and the marrowbone

C      F                              C
But it really wasn't nothing but some water and potatoes

C       G          D         C
And the wonderful, wonderful soupstone

(repeat intro riff again) Fourth Verse

C                                F         C                      G
So it carried us all through the darkening days, 'til finally the sunshine

C
came

C                               F         C            D
And the soup stone started into gathering dust, but it hung there just the

G
same

G   C                   F           C                         G      C
And ever since then the food's been plenty, but every now and then I find

C    F                            C                    D                G
That mama in the kitchen with the wonderful soupstone, drifts across my mind

Outro

G    F                    C
And again I can taste the chicken and tomatoes

C       F                     C
And the noodles and the marrowbone

C      F                              C
But it really wasn't nothing but some water and potatoes

C       G                    C
And the wonderful, wonderful soupstone

C   F                     C
And again I can taste the chicken and tomatoes

C       F                     C
And the noodles and the marrowbone

C      F                              C
But it really wasn't nothing but some water and potatoes

C       G          D         C
And the wonderful, wonderful soupstone